Itel Selfie Pro Unboxing, Quick Review, Gaming and Benchmarks

China based company, Transsion Holdings, entered in the Indian market with its mobile brand, Itel. The company recently came up with a budget smartphone namely the Itel Selfie pro. In this article, we will see the unboxing and quick review of the device.

Itel selfie Pro comes with the latest Android v6.0 (Marshmallow). It is priced at Rs. 6,999 and will be available via offline stores in India.

Specifications

Key Specs

Itel Selfie Pro

Display

5.0 inches IPS LCD display

Screen Resolution

720 X 1280

Operating System

Android 6.0 Marshmallow

Processor

1 GHz Octa core

Chipset

Media tek

GPU

Mali 400 GPU

Memory

1 GB RAM

Inbuilt Storage

8 GB

Storage Upgrade

Yes, up to 32 GB

Primary Camera

8 MP with LED Flash

Video recording

1080p@30fps

Secondary Camera

2 MP

Battery

2500 mAh

Fingerprint Sensor

No

NFC

No

4G ready

Yes

SIM card type

Dual

Weight

155 g

Dimensions

151 x 77 x 9.3 mm

Price

Rs. 6,999

Unboxing

Itel Selfie pro comes packed in a very wide red colored box which will require both hands for carrying it. The design of the box is also very interesting, it has a pic and name of the phone on the top, and a Itel logo. At the back it has the price, SAR values and other things.

Box Contents

Inside the box, it contains the following contents.

Handset

USB cable

Charger

Earphones

User manual

Warranty Card

Flip cover

Screen Guard

Photo Gallery

Physical Overview

The phone has a decent build quality and design. It has a rectangular shape, and the edges are not very curved but they are not pointed either. The back is rounded and it has a nice faux leather finish, the rear camera design is very unique.

The phone comes with a 5 inch display, its dimensions are 151 x 77 x 9.3 mm and it weighs around 155 grams. With these dimensions and weight, the phone can be handled easily.

Let us take a look at the phone from different angles.

Front Top features a loudspeaker grill, Proximity and Ambient light Sensors and front camera.

At the bottom there are 3 navigation keyson the screen

On the right side there is a power button and physical camera button

On the left there is a volume rocker

3.5mm audio jack, Micro USB port are at the top edge.

Primary Mic on the bottom edge

There is a microSD card slot, SIM slots and a removable battery underneath the back cover

Display

Itel Selfie pro has a 5 inch IPS LCD display display with a screen resolution of 720 X 1280 pixels. The display is nice, it has good viewing angles and the colors are also good. Outdoor visibility is also good but not the best. There is a enlarged black area below the display which does not look very nice. Overall the display is good for a budget phone.

Camera Overview

Itel selfie pro is equipped with an 8 MP rear camera with LED flash. It features Autofocus,Geo-tagging,Touch focus and Face detection. It supports full HD video recording. On the front, it just have a 2 MP camera but it comes with a front LED flash. The camera specs are very low as compared to other smartphones in the same range.

Camera Samples

Gaming Performance

I tested the gaming performance with multiple titles including some light and some heavy games. As we know, it does not have a great hardware for gaming, but I was satisfied with the kind of performance it gave while playing Modern Combat 5, which requires decent graphic performance. It did not lag as such but there were minor frame drops here and there. The gaming experience will be playable unless you are running too many apps in background. You cannot call it smooth, but still good for price.

As far as heating is concerned, I did not notice any major heating issue during my testing. It went up to 39 degrees Celsius after 40 minutes of gaming, but it may vary depending up on the surrounding.

Benchmark Scores

Benchmark App

Benchmark Scores

AnTuTu (64-bit)

24416

Quadrant Standard

6923

Geekbench3

Single-Core- 466
Multi-Core- 1277

Nenamark

51.2 fps

Conclusion

Itel Selfie pro comes with the nice design, good display size and quality, latest OS, average processor, entry level RAM and ROM, average camera, good battery and 4G LTE support. Overall, the phone is not as attractive as other phones like Coolpad note 3 Lite and Lenovo Vibe K5, in this price segment. The company has just come to India, but still it will have to come up with better products to compete in the market.

But I must say that the camera and display on this phone were really impressive.

Abhishek Bhatnagar, a known technology blogger & YouTuber from India. A Software Engineer by qualification, now he works as the editor-In-Chief, Webmaster, & Managing Director at Gadgets To Use. He runs a number of other technology websites as well.